The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-01-15
lNTISEPTIC SURGERY.
Over the Old Method
of Treating Wounds.
Towel Plan of Performing Operations
Ind Applying Drcssings-The Great
Aim is Perfect Cleanliness
Severe Cases Treated.

AIM Is IeTItct NIeiillIIltSS-
Severe Cases Treated.
fy Years AGO, on the minutes of the
bylyania Hospital, in this city, es.
nj mention was made of the fact
an amputated finger had healed by
intention," that is, without the
jess Of suppuration and granula.
which is the usual mode by which
les heal. At the present time it is
i. and not unusual, to have an am.
(.ed leg heal by the ''first inten-
" as well as the wounds made in
performance Of nearly all the major
minor operations of surgery. So
has been the progress in the i'm
led methods of what is known as
Feptie surgery that many medical
are astonished to hear of the re-
that are being obtained, and the
(ral public are not at all aware of
treat advances in the surgical art.
cd. antiseptic surgery has been in
Nancy for less than a dozen years,
has only received its perfect appli-
n within a few months.
the human body there exists a
fatiye power by which the separat-
hgments of broken bone are united
fhe cut surfaces of a wound are
d. The simplest mode of healing
pen wound is by the "tirst inton-
or immediate union" for which
Ions have aimed for hundreds of
!. They had observed it in rarei in
les, and looked upon it as a posi-
but, as previously stated, they
succeed in gettingit, and them
Is in which they did get it were
Eing of special note. If union
y the first intention" inflamma-
(%uperyones, and healing is accom-
Pd by Il long and tedious process
@Ppuration and granulation, requir-
fyeral weeks, or perhaps months,
e closure of a wound of any con-
hblc size. And this is always con-
with great drain on the vital
and danger from blood poison
at is ~antiseptic surgery? It con-
certain precautions and appli-
Tor the exclusion of the air, and
the air the numerous germs of
e and putrefaction which float in
the application of a germicide,
destroys the germs during and
ne operation. The more perfect
Is done, the more likely will
Procured the primary union, or
by first intention" Every
khows that Il cut of a finger if
P'iy tied up and kept at rest will
eadlly, but if it be neglected and
2 to get particles of dirt and the
OF disease into it, there Is consid-
Inflammation, the member be-
painful and swollen, discharges
and is slow to heal. Antiseptic
AIMS at the simplicity of do
practice-the accurate coapta-
'he parts, provision being made
g free discharge of secretions
ie wound, and the exclusion of
and germs of disease, By
option Of ~antiseptic measures the
m simply follows NATURES indica-
he puts the parts in the best pos
ondlllon to heal, and nature does
aling.
methods adopted in order to Sc.
rs success are simple, and but a
more expensive, considering the
~, but infinitely less costly than
way OF dressing, when consider
made for the time and waste of
dressings, and the lessened
notwithstanding and death from
'0h from prolonged suppura-
niost essential element in anti
surgery is cleanliness. The part
p'rated upon or the point Of in
adjacent tissue is first thor
scrubbed with soap and a fine
~ IS then shaved to remove
dead cutaneous cells, and
ara washed with ether, to remove
o'ly matter. 1t is then washed
ah ~nntisehtic solution, and the
IS begun. A small stream
9 solution is played upon
4r1s Ut short intervals as the